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Ten Per Cent And No Surrender

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Author : H. I. Dutton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1981

Ten Per Cent And No Surrender written by H. I. Dutton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.

This is a study of industrial unrest in the cotton industry at a time when the economy was on the threshold of mid-Victorian prosperity, and when Chartism was still much more than a memory. The town of Preston was the crucial battlefield, and here the masters and men fought out a bitter trial of strength. The strike of 1853-54 closed the Preston cotton industry for seven months, and disrupted production in many other towns in Lancashire. Against the implacable opposition of the masters, the strikers toured the country to organize support, and raised £100,000 in subscriptions from their fellow operatives. The dispute featured prominently in the national and provincial press, and the weavers' delegates, notably George Cowell and Mortimer Grimshaw, became celebrities overnight. After five months, the employers brought in blackleg labour, and when the detested `knobsticks' failed to break the strike they had the operatives' leaders arrested. These moves did not deter the cotton workers, who were forced back to work only when their financial reserves were exhausted. Their campaign ended defiantly, as it had begun, with cries of `Ten Per Cent still, and no surrender'. This book is their story.

The Preston Strike An Enquiry Into Its Causes And Consequences

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Author : Henry Ashworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854

The Preston Strike An Enquiry Into Its Causes And Consequences written by Henry Ashworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with Cotton Textile Workers' Strike, Preston, Lancashire, England, 1853-1854 categories.

The Preston Strike

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Author : Henry Ashworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973

The Preston Strike written by Henry Ashworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.

Strikes Prevented By A Preston Manufacturer

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854

Strikes Prevented By A Preston Manufacturer written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with categories.

An Inquiry Into The Origin Progress And Results Of The Strike Of Operative Cotton Spinners Of Preston From October 1836 To February 1837 Read At Liverpool Before The Statistical Section Of The British Association Sept 14 1837

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Author : Henry Ashworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1838

An Inquiry Into The Origin Progress And Results Of The Strike Of Operative Cotton Spinners Of Preston From October 1836 To February 1837 Read At Liverpool Before The Statistical Section Of The British Association Sept 14 1837 written by Henry Ashworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1838 with Cotton Textile Workers' Strike, Preston, Lancashire, England, 1853-1854 categories.